Emergency Department Information Life Support 
REBEL EM
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
Background Information: Atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular rate (RVR) is one of the many tachydysrhythmias we encounter in the Emergency Department (ED). Amiodarone versus digoxin for acute rate control of atrial fibrillation in the emergency department. Am J Emerg Med. Am J Emerg Med.
Pediatric EM Morsels
OCTOBER 27, 2023
PAWPER was more accurate than EPLS (European life support formula) as well. The Broselow-Luten system was designed BY physicians, FOR physicians to make your life and pediatric resuscitations EASIER ! Int J Emerg Med. Use of the Broselow tape in a Mexican emergency department. J Emerg Med. x exp[0.02
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ACEP Now
OCTOBER 9, 2023
Consent to a trauma evaluation is presumed when a patient presents as a trauma activation; implied consent applies to all life-threatening emergencies and is not unique to trauma activations. However, patients are neither knowledgeable about our opaque trauma protocols nor informed about trauma activations. Trauma is unique.
The Skeptics' Guide to EM
NOVEMBER 13, 2021
Neil Dasgupta is an emergency physician and ED intensivist from Long Island, NY, and currently an assistant clinical professor and Director of Emergency Critical Care at Nassau University Medical Center. Case: A code blue is called for a 71-year-old male in-patient that is boarding in the emergency department (ED).
Don't Forget the Bubbles
AUGUST 7, 2023
Heart rate (HR) and respiratory rate (RR) are THE major vital signs used in Advanced Paediatric Life Support ( APLS) guidance , sepsis guidelines , and Paediatric Early Warning Scores (e.g., Evaluating the Pediatric Early Warning Score (PEWS) System for Admitted Patients in the Pediatric Emergency Department. Emerg Med J.
EMDocs
AUGUST 22, 2023
Capnography in the Emergency Department: A Review of Uses, Waveforms, and Limitations. J Emerg Med. Capnography for the nonintubated patient in the emergency setting. Ann Emerg Med. Predictive value of capnography for suspected diabetic ketoacidosis in the emergency department. West J Emerg Med.
EMDocs
JANUARY 16, 2024
Louis) // Reviewed by: Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK); Brit Long, MD (@long_brit) Case You are working in the trauma/critical care pod of your emergency department (ED). You receive a page for a cardiac arrest and take report from emergency medical services (EMS). Am J Emerg Med. doi: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000001518
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